Frank Gehry The Formative Years (1988)

Narrated by the architect himself Frank Gehry The Formative Years explores his long standing career and unique eye The film looks at a number of Gehrys projects from private homes to complex public institutions all of which echo his experimental style and vision Works such as The Norton House The Aerospace Museum and Loyola Law School demonstrate Gehrys eccentric and distinctive touch The Formative Years is a survey of his beginnings when Gehry experimented with his own house in Santa Monica giving him notoriety in the architecture scene